Ibaka chopped Griffin in the right groin as the two tussled under the basket during Sunday’s game. Griffin collapsed to the court and Ibaka was called for a flagrant 1 foul that was upheld by video review.

Ibaka insisted he wasn't out to deliberately lay Griffin low.

"If you can see the replay, you can see he grabbed my jersey first so I wanted to try to defend myself. (But) not to hurt him," Ibaka said, according to USA Today.

Griffin didn't see himself as a culprit.

"It's basketball, man," Griffin said. "Sometimes you take things a little too far, but I wasn't provoking (Ibaka) or anything like that."

Thunder center Kendrick Perkins wondered whether Griffin took a dive, telling USA Today that the power forward is "known for flopping."